Teacher Workshop

A group of Facing the Past teachers gathered at the Shikaya offices for a two day follow-up session of development during the  vacation, March 29th & 30th. These teachers comprised of two previously separate groups who had gone through a thorough introductory workshop in 2009 and 2008 respectively. The workshop made  use of  Facing History and Ourselves  resources “Choices in...

Hermanus Follow-up workshop

On the 21st October 2009 we held a one-day follow-up workshop for the Hermanus teachers that have already completed the Facing the Past Introduction Seminar. This was held at Volmoed Retreat in the Hemel and Aarde Valley. 12 teachers from the group attended. The focus was on sharing experiences they had around integration in their schools post the seminar. We also spent time working at a...

UCT Pre-Service Teachers

In 2009 Shikaya was invited to run a 5-week Facing the Past course for all of the 40 pre-service High School teachers at the University of Cape. The course centred around school integration and used the historical case-study of Little Rock in the USA as a means to help students grapple with their role as educators . The students worked with Facing History and Ourselves’ module Choices in Little...

Hermanus Anti-Racism Teacher Seminar

Shikaya was invited by the Western Cape Education Department to use aspects of the Facing the Past programme to work with teachers from the six schools in the Hermanus area as part of the WCED’s anti-racism work. The seminar began with the exploration of individual and group identity and the creation of ‘difference’ within a group. Understanding how race was constructed in the 19th...